Painting and decorating tool



May 21, 1929. A. H. DOW

v PAINTING AND DECORATING TOOL Filed May 24, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Z1 Z5 lNVENTOR JLED W A'ITORN EYS May 21,1929. A.H.Dow 1 113,150

PAINTING AND DECORATING TOOL Filed May 24, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 WITNESSES INVENTOR A .2077.

ATTORNEYS Patented May 21, 1929.

UNITED STATS ALLEN DOl/V, OF WHARTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

PAINTING AND DECORATING TOOL.

Application filed May 24,

This invention relates to the art of painting and decorating surfaces and has for its object- 'lhe provision of a tool. or hand machine arranged and adapted for striping, stenciling and straight surface painting, the tool or machine including a fluid reservoir and embodying novel paint feeding and applying means as Well as novel and mechanical structural improvements and advantages.

The modern trend in interior decoration toward the use of figured stencil and striping effects in borders and panels requires, in the absence of special tools, machines or appliances, a highly skilled painter-decorator and such work requires much care and time and is proportionately costly. The device or machini-i of the present invention not only makes it possible for the unskilled or amateur to do this class of work,but greatly increases its production by the skilled painter, improves its quality and lowers its cost.

flhese and other features and advantages will be seen from the detailed specification when. read in connection with the accompany ing drawings forming part thereof and in which li igure l is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the invention arranged for stenciling or striping work,

l igurc is a vertical longitudinal section through the device shown in Figure 1,

l igurestl and a are vertical sections on the lines 3-3 and l4 respectively of Figure 2,

Figure 5 a perspective view of the device illustrating the use of brushes instead of striping or stenciling bands,

Figure 6 is a transverse vertical section through the cylindrical pulley showing the application thereto of a brush ring,

liigure 7 is a longitudinal section through the same pulley illustrating the use of a centrally located brush ring and showing the interior construction of the pulley, and

Figure 8 is a detailed view of one of the brush carrying sleeves or rings.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 indicates spaced side bars of a frame joined at its rear end by an integral cross bar 2 and at its front end downwardly bent end pro-- vided with rearwardly extending bayonet slot bearings 3 and intermediate its front and rear ends with downwardly extending feet 4. in which are journallcd gauge wheels 5 at opposite sides of the frame. The forward edges of the feet l at their upper ends or 192?. Serial No. i93,854.

points of junction with the side bars 1 are slotted transversely or rearwardly and then vertically downwardly to provide opposed bearings 6.

To the rear bar 2 of the frame is secured by riveting, brazing or otherwise, the oppositely extending feet 7 of a handle 8 mounted with the feet having portions 9 projecting beyond the side bars 1 of the frame and drilled to perniiit the ends of threaded adjusting rods 10 to extend therethrough and be engaged by appropriate means such as the butterfly or wing nuts 11. The forward ends of the ad justing rods 10 are rigidly connected with abearing plate 1:2 and slidably mounted upon the side bars 1 of the frame by means of bar embracing guide yolres 13 at their rear ends, the forward ends being laterally oifset and longitudinally slotted to provide vertically opposed hearings let, one above and the other below the side bars 1. r

The bearings 8, 6 and 14- are of the open type, the cylinders or pulleys journalled in these bearings being held therein by tension in the cases of the front and rear bearings and 1d and by tension ann gravity in the case of intermediate bearings 6 Between the forward bearing brackets 3 is mounted a cylindrical pulley member 15, preferably rubber faced and serving as the road wheel of the device by which operating motion is transmitted to the other cylindrical pulley, hereinafter referred to, and through which the device is operated to stripe, stencil orbrush. The cylinder 15 is easily insert-ed in its hearing by means of its journalling shafts 15* being inserted upwardly and then backwardly in the slots forming the bearings 3 and are held at the rear ends of the said slots by the tension exerted thereagainst by a broad belt 16 of suitable belting material connecting the front end cylindrical pulley 15 with a cylindrical pulley 17, preferably of metal and journalled in one of the bearings 14 of the sliding bearing plate 12 at the rear end of the frame. An intermediate cylindrical pulley member 18, which, in the disclosed embodiment of the invention, is formed as a hollow cylinder providing a paint reservoir, is mounted in the bearings 6 in the spaced feet at of the frame, its upper face, engaging, as shown, the under-side of the belt 16 and acting as an idler, the tension of this belt against the face of the under-lyingpulley 18 serving to retain itin lLS bearing.

The reservoir cylinder, designated generically at 18 niay be used to transfer the con tained paint or other liquid decorating material to the surface to be painted or decorated in a variety of ways, in each of which the same basic construction is employed. This common feature of construction resides in the embodiment of a cylinder having a plurality of flow-openings thereinand one or more p aint distributinginediuins i'nounted on the cylinder in flow-receiving relation to these openings. Y Y

In the use of the device for stenciling and striping, the construction shown in Figure 3 is employed in which the ends of the cylinder 18 are'closed. by flanged cups 19 having a plurality of perforations 20 which align with the perforations 21 at the open'ends of the cylinder 18, the cup 19 being turned to bring the opening 20 in register with the openings 21 when it is desired to feed the contained paintthrough' opening 21 to the distributing medium fo sued by bands 22 ofabsorbent material seating over the outside of the cylinder 18 and covering the feed holes 21 therein. In the embodiment illustrated in Figures 1 to 1,- the endless belt 16. carries on its outer face, which contacts with idler or reservoir pulley 18, a plurality of strips or endless belts 28 of absorbent material which may represent broad and narrow strips or decorative figured'borders. Thesestrips are ositioned on the belt 16 in ali nment with the paint distributingbands 22 of the cylinder 18 and their operative faces are passed over these bands and are coated thereby with the appropriate color which is to be applied. In the use of the device for stenciling where a light pressure is desirable, the ends of the cylinder '15 may carry rubber tires which may take the form of bands over the ends of the roller,'reducing the pressure which would betransmitted to a wall through the figures on thestencilingbands such as 23 in Figure 1.

The cylinder 18, as shown, is provided with hubs 2 1, spacing the end cups 19 from the feet 1 of the frame, between which the cylinder is journalled. Appropriately formed spindles 25 extend from these hubs into, the slots forniingthe bearing 6. i l

instead of utilizing the absorbing bands 22 and belt carred strips 23, the paint may be j applied in some instances by brushes such as the striping brushes shown in Figure "5, or the cylinder 18 may have circumferential rows of perforations covered by brush. carryin "es or rin tions as shown in Fig. 7. It is also within the concept of this-invention to embody two or more compartments in the intermediate @yi,

inder 18 which will hold differently colored paints which insuch event would cooperate .with a plurality of pads such as the bands of Figures 1 to 1. Returningto the disclosure in Figures 5 to in which the-cylinde-r 18 applies the paint through brushes rubber tires as at ating oi 'er these perforacarried by the cylinder, this cylinder is provided with flanged end cups 26, the flanged portion 27- of which extends substantially beyond the periphery of the cylinder and has its edges preferably rubber cased forming Hubs 29space the flanges 27 and the feet 4; of the frame.

its seen inlligures 5 and 6 of the drawings, brush rings are provided adjacent to the opposite ends of the cylinder 18. One of these brush rings is shown in detail in Figure 8 and embodies a channeled ring 30 to which i a plurality of clusters of bristles 31 are apn'o )riatcly wired at their ends, paint feeding holes 32 cent to the base of the bristle cluster. These clusters are extended substantially-tangentially of the cylinder 18 and when brought in contact with the surface to be decorated will have a wiping stroke similar to that given by handapplication. The rings will be positioned on the cylinder sothat their feed openings 32 will align with similar feed openings 33 in the cylinder 18 (Figure In Figure 7, lliave shown'a brush sleeve dis posed centrally of the, cylinder 18 as illustrative of the variety of uses and adaptations possible with this device. hen the device is used as shown'in Figure 5, clearance is afforded'the. b? i h bristles as they rotate by utilizing narrow ts 3st at the ends of cylinders 15 and 17.- These belts may pass over the upper face of the hubs 29 ofcylinder 18 outside the flanged ends 27 or the brush cylinder may be rotated otherwise, as by frictional engagement of its tired flanges 28 with the floor or wall. i In order to give added at traction for these belts, the end cylindrical pulley 15 may have its face provided with raised gripping teeth 35 as shown in, Figure 5.

being formed in the ring adja- O shownin Figures 1 to {hit will be obvious that the reservoir cylinder being filled and the roller belts and strips 23 being appropriately positionechthe end cups 19 will be rotated to permit paint to flow through to the absorbent rings 22 after which the operator rotates the road wheel to effect a discharge, of the paint to the strips 23 and placing the wheels 5 upon the proper place on the wall. or ceiling engages the front end pulley .15 or road wheel'friction ally with the surface as the device is moved longitudinally thereof, the end pulley 15 and wheels 5 being in contact with the surface at all times and the striping or. stenciling being I applied by the strips 23' to the surface as the front pulley 15 is rotated thereby; As before stated, in stencihng work end tires will be used on the pulley to relieve, to some extent, the pressure applied by the stcnciling strips or bands 23.

The provision of vertically opposed bearings 1s above and belowthe frame bars 1 enables the use of pulleys of various sizes including intermediate pulleys of large and small reservoir capacity. In the event that it is desired to change or refill the reservoir cylinder, it is merely necessary to rotate the wing nuts ll to relieve the tension on the belt, whereupon the cylinder may rest in its bearings and be removed. This ap ilies when either the broad guide belt 16 is used or when the narrow belts 3s: are used in conjunction with the cylinder 18 with the brush medium, leleasing the tension effected tl'u-ough the sliding plate 12 enables the rollers or cylinders to be easily lifted out, the front cylinder 15 practically falling out from its bearing when the tension is released. From the foregoing description it will be evident that the invention is SHSCGptlblQ of application through a variety of uses. Therefore, I do not desire to be unduly limited in the scope of the invention as stated in the appended claims except as made necessary by the prior art or the specific statement of the claims.

I claim:

1. A decorating device of the character described having in combination, a frame, end pulleys mounted therein in different horizontal planes, a belt connecting said pulleys, an in ternielliatc idler pulley engaging said belt, means for effecting relative longitudinal adjustment of the end pulleys to vary frictional contact between the belt and both end and intermediate pulleys, one of said pulleys being formed with a paint reservoir having o' jienings therein to flow its contents to the exterior of the pulley, and a paint receiving and transferring 816 ;1G1lt engaging the pe ripheral surface of t e pulley in tiowureceiving relation to said openings.

2. A decorating device of the character described having in combination, a frame, cylindrical end pulleys mounted therein in different horizontal planes, a belt connecting said pulleys, an intermediate cylindrical idler pulley engaging said belt, means for etlecting relative longitudinal adjustment of the end pulleys to vary frictional contact between the belt and both end and intermediate pulleys, one of said pulleys being formed with a paint reservoir having openings therein to flow its contents to the exterior of the pulley, a paint receiving and transferring element engaging the peripheral surface of the pulley in flow-receiving relation to said openings, and supporting Wheels for said frame, one of said pulleys being formed to engage the surface to be decorated as a road wheel effective to turn said belt and the other pulleys.

8. A decorating device of the character described having in combination, a frame, end pulleys mounted therein in different horizontal planes, a belt connecting said pulleys, an intermediate idler pulley engaging said belt, means for effecting relative longitudinal adjustment of the end pulleys to vary frictional contact between the belt and both end and intermediate pulleys, one of said pulleys being formed with a paint reservoir'wvith an annular series of paint feeding openings therein, and an annular paint distributing element seated over said series of openings.

l. A decorating device of the character described having in combination, a frame, end pulleys mounted therein in dillerent horizontal planes, a belt connecting said pulleys, an intermediate idler pulley engaging said belt, means for effecting relative longi tudinal adjustment of the end pulleys to vary frictional contact between the belt and. both end and intermediate pulleys and the'tension of said belt, said means including a manually operable tensioning means cooperating with one of said end pulleys, said pulleys having bearings in said frame in which they are firmly held while said belt is tensioned and from which they are freely removable when tension is relaxed. I

5. A decorating device of the character described having in combination, a frame, cylindrical end pull. ,ys mounted therein for relative longitudinal belt-teusioning adjust ment, one of said pulleys providing a road wheel, a belt connecting said pulleys for rotation, an intermediate cylindrical idler pulley mounted in the frame and engaged at one side of the belt, one of said pulleys being hollow and providing a reservoir for decorating fluid with a series of flow openings therein, and an annular fluid distributing element mounted thereon .in flow receiving relation to said openings.

6. A decorating device of the character described having in combination, a frame, cylindrical end pulleys mounted therein in different horizontal planes, a belt connecting said pulleys for rotation, one of said pulleys being formed to provide a road wheel, means for effecting bodily adjustment of the other of said end pulleys in a direction to vary the tension of the connecting belt, and an, inter;

mediate cylindrical idler pulley engaging one side of said belt and having a hollow interior providing a paint reservoir, the cylinder being provided with a plurality of flow holes therein having a fluid distributing medinm thereover.

7. A decorating device of the character described having in combination, a frame presenting a handle portion with spaced side bars extending therefrom, end pulleys rotatably mounted between said side bars at points adjacent to their opposite ends and in different horizontal planes, an intermediate cylindrical idler pulley, a belt connecting said end pulleys for rotation, one of said end pulleys being journaled between said side bars at one end, spaced longitudinally slidably bearing plates adjacent to the other end thereof in which the other of said end pulleys is mounted, and means for adjusting said bearing plates longitudinally of the side bars to vary this tension of the pulley conn'ecting belt against both end and intermediate pulleys.

8. A decorating device .of the character described having in combination, a frame presenting a handle portion with spaced side bars artending therefrom, end pulleys rotatably mounted between said side bars at points ELClJiLCEHl) to their opposite ends, an intermediate cylindrical idler pulley, a belt connecting said end pulleys for rotation, one of said necting belt against both end and intermediate pulleys, said bearing plates being provided with opposed bearings therein at points above and below the side bars whereby the position of the axis of the pulley'and the belt engaged face of the idler may be varied.

.9. Ina device of the character described, a frame, front and rear end cylindrical pulleys and an intermediate idler cylindrical pulley mounted therein, a belt rotatably connecting said'pulleys, said front end pulley constituting a road wheel, and another of said pulleys providing a cylindrical paint reservoir, and a plurality of paint applying brush elements, carried by said reservoir cylinder and extending in lines approximately tangential to a circle concentric with the axis ofrotatien of said reservoir. p

' Q ALLEN H. DOWV. 

